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Heyyyy (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠) how are my fave people doin? I’ve been on hiatus for a few weeks now and I just wanted to pop in. Distance makes the heart grow fonder, eh? Though, I hope y’all are counting the days because LAST I checked my calendar, I’ve got like THREE WEEKS LEFT of uni before summer break here (PHL). Please send help. It is PEAK summer right now and I genuinely feel like I’m being slow-cooked alive every single day(⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠)
          
          Anyways, I’m doing pretty well! We had a group competition recently and we got 2nd place out of 6 groups, so that’s a win, lol. How about you guys?? Hope you’re all doing good too!! Quick update moment: I’ve been feeling way less stressed lately and this hiatus is REALLY helping. I’ve been revising the first few chapters, don’t worry, I’m not forcing myself to write. We heal, we rest, we romanticize productivity at a healthy pace (⁠~⁠￣⁠³⁠￣⁠)⁠~
          
          Now good/bad news depending on YOU:
          I have officially moved past my Leon Kennedy phase (I know, tragic). I might still write for him since I already made bullet points but we’ll see how that goes.
          
          And ANOTHER update (brace yourselves):
          My new hyperfixation is… Harry Potter I’m not even joking, I’ve already come up with THREE separate fic ideas in the past two weeks (I want y'all to guess which characters, lol). So yeah, I’m currently making bullet points for those too, since my brain just won't stop farting out ideas. Be warned, I guess? Especially since my break is coming up. But don’t worry One Piece still has me in a chokehold. That hyperfixation is immortal, I swear (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)
          
          Anyway, that’s it for now. I just wanted to check in, connect with you guys, and also say sorry if I haven’t liked or  replied to some comments yet. Promise I’ll get to them when I have more time! All your support really means a lot to me (⁠｡⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠｡⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠♡ Feel free to rant or reply to this announcement! I’ll definitely read it all, replying though… is another story LMAO
          
          Lovelotssss,
          H. (⁠ ⁠˶⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ꁞ⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠˶⁠ ⁠) 
          
          

Heyyy everyone~~
          
          I know I said I’d be posting teasers every Wednesday, and I’m really sorry to say I don’t have one for this week. I did try, I promise—but this week’s been unexpectedly hectic, and I’m currently studying for a quiz tomorrow, so time is not on my side right now (⁠ ⁠≧⁠Д⁠≦⁠)
          
          I’m not halfway through next chapter yet, but I will be updating on Saturday (PHL time), so trust—you’re still getting your chapter!!
          
          You’ll just have to starve a little this week 乁⁠(⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠ര⁠ ⁠ʖ̯⁠ ⁠ര⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠)⁠ㄏ
          
          Thank you for being patient with me, I appreciate you all so much!! ಡ⁠ ͜⁠ ⁠ʖ⁠ ⁠ಡ
          
          Bye-byeee!!^^

Chapter XXXIII — TEASER
          
          "Does it hurt—" Kureha asked quietly, "when you die?"
          
          Y/N paused.
          
          Just long enough.
          
          "’Course it does."
          
          "Every time?"
          
          Her fingers stilled.
          
          "Hm."
          
          
          
          
          
          
          Short teaser this time, lmao. Gotta keep y’all a little starved for this week—can’t be revealing all much now, can I? (⁠◡⁠ ⁠ω⁠ ⁠◡⁠)
          

Almost forgot to post the teaser—because of course I did, lol. Next chapter is already sitting at 6k words and I’m nowhere near done, so...
          
          At this point, Chapter 32 is shaping up to be long long. 10k words long. Maybe more. I genuinely don’t know anymore.
          
          Also quick note because the app I write on has opinions:
          
          Using *this* means the word is italicized, **this** means bold, and sometimes it’s both—it honestly depends. The app I write on recognizes these as shortcuts, and they also help me keep track of emotion, emphasis, and general ✨pizzazz✨ in long-ass chapters.
          
          So if you spot a few that slipped through in previous chapters… no you didn’t  lmao (but jokes aside, I'll clean them up when I get more free time, trust.)
          
          Anyways, enjoy!!!

Chapter 31: TEASER
          
          
          
          
          Old, sharp eyes followed Nami's every movement.
          
          Measuring.
          
          Judging.
          
          Daring her to try to leave the bed.
          
          Cured or dead.
          
          The words echoed long after the blade was gone, bouncing endlessly inside her skull.
          
          Her chest tightened. Too tight. Like something heavy had settled there and refused to move.
          
          If that was the rule—
          
          Then what did that make Y/N?
          
          The thought cracked something open as memories suddenly surged in.
          
          Y/N hunched over on the ship, skin drained of color as Sanji and Luffy half-carried her below deck, forcing her to rest when she insisted she was fine. The way she’d still dragged herself to Nami’s side afterward—still awake, still calculating, even while her body betrayed her.
          
          Hot. Then cold. Shivering one moment, burning the next.
          
          Her weak smile.
          
          Her jokes that didn’t quite land.
          
          The way her hands trembled as she waved it off.
          
          She’d vomited blood.
          
          She remembered that.
          
          Dalton’s house. The floor, the couch, her own coat streaked dark red. Blood spilling through the strategist’s fingers as she tried—tried—to stop it. It bubbling up anyway, choking her, slipping from her nose as she gasped for air.
          
          Those wet, gurgling breaths.
          
          The sound crawled up Nami’s spine now, lodged behind her ribs, refusing to leave.
          
          She swallowed hard, throat tight, dread sinking deeper with every heartbeat.
          
          Kureha had avoided every question. Skirted around her name. Redirected, dismissed—too deliberate to be coincidence.
          
          Is she dead?
          
          The thought sat there, heavy and unmoving, poisoning everything it touched.
          
          Nami lay rigid on the bed, fingers curling into the sheets, heart pounding so loudly she was sure it could be heard. The warmth she’d woken up to felt thin now. Fragile. Like a lie that could shatter at any moment.
          
          And for the first time since she’d opened her eyes—
          
          She was truly afraid.
          
          

yooo—timeline talk real quick
          
          Sooo I reread some parts of my own work (dangerous activity, i know) and that somehow sent me down a rabbit hole of researching the Little Garden → Drum Island timeline and…
          
          Yeah.
          
          It’s confusing as hell 
          
          Like genuinely. depending on where you look, it’s maybe a day? Maybe more? Maybe oda just spun a wheel and said "eh, sure"? who knows. I had a brief moment of "oh no did I do this wrong" before remembering that the One Piece timeline is notoriously vague and allergic to exact numbers.
          
          So yes, what I wrote is my interpretation of the timing. It might not line up perfectly with every canon breakdown, but it works for the story, the pacing, and the emotional beats I needed (and also for the suffering. unfortunately.)
          
          I hope y’all don’t mind me being a little off. please forgive me for my chronological sins. The timeline forgives no one, not even me.
          
          Also—important note: this is not the snippet/teaser i promised  i’m only starting to write the next chapter today, so consider this a lore + sanity update instead. 
          
          teaser will come once the words actually exist, trust.
          
          That's all, bye-byeeee!!^^

          Heyyy everyone~ 
          
          How y'all doinggg?? Lol.
          
          Anywayssss, quick little update! Chapter 23 should be up tomorrow afternoon or night. I’m still wrapping it up, and for some reason it’s taking way longer than usual ಠ⁠ಗ⁠ಠ
          
          I think it’s because I’m still on break and not in my usual “panic-write-at-night” mode (I am, unfortunately, a crammer at heart). But don’t worry—I’m working on it and will post as soon as it’s ready!
          
          That’s all for now—bye-byeee!
          
          

Hiii! I’ve seen you in the comments of One Piece fics and I was wondering if you could have a read of my new Zoro x Reader. It’s short and a work in progress at the moment but i would realy appreciate the views and maybe any feedback if you can? Thank you so much! https://www.wattpad.com/story/405665615?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_writing&wp_page=create&wp_uname=ymirssegzygf

Mini Announcement!!
          
          So I’ve been rereading my fic while working on the next chapter and honestly?? It’s good — but a few parts feel kinda lackluster lol. I just tell myself those are “filler moments” where I get to explore Y/N more, so I’ll probably keep them and just fix the spacing issues. (Yes, I TRY to format nicely, I really do ಥ‿ಥ)
          
          Also, Wattpad is stressing me out because it keeps turning my dramatic em dash — into a sad little hyphen - every. single. time. I write in Google Docs and copy-paste it, and Wattpad still decides to disrespect my punctuation
          
          I’m also planning to add proper content warnings (because… One Piece violence—although it’s lackluster in the anime, I like giving scenes a slightly darker tone since the anime is a bit more censored), and maybe episode durations so the long chapters make sense, lol.
          
          Anyways, Thank you SO MUCH for the support!! All the reads, votes, and comments— it’s honestly so amusing to read every single one. And if you ever have questions, I’ll try to answer as best as I can! 
          
          I really hope the pacing isn’t too slow or too fast for you guys. Your support seriously keep me motivated!
          

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          Status: Unhinged (but in a creative way)
          Access Level: Author’s Brain - 87% Overheated 
          
          
          
          So, uh—hi!! First announcement here, and my neurons have decided to start plotting an Attack on Titan fic (and if you guys read the recent chapters of my fic, you'd probably know this already, lol). I can't help it ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ, the ideas just keep on coming.
          
          Also, Bakugo Katsuki has taken up permanent residence in my mind, the brain goes brrrr every time I think of him, and it certainly doesn't help the fact that MHA is finished, sooo...
          
          Long story short, an AOT fic might be happening, like in the nearing future (I'm not joking, like maybe this coming December if I have the time, lol).
          
          Maybe MHA too.
          
          Anywayyy, currently writing the next chapter for my One Piece fic! So, stay tuned~
          
          
          
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